Lick Image of Fragment GHNQRS Impacts

Lick Observatory Nickel Telescope View of
Comet Impact Site Evolution

This image, taken 27 July 1994, shows the evolution
of the impact sites a week after the collision.
From left to right are the G/S/R/Q2 complex, site
N and site H. The large G complex is extremely
complicated owing to the number of impacts all
hitting in one area. Site H has grown tails
extending both northward and southward. Site N is
less evolved, but is also extending features
northward. The features have diminished little in
intensity over the course of the week and will be
monitored in the months to come.

The image was obtained with the 40-inch Nickel
Telescope at Lick Observatory using a filter
90A wide and centered at 8950A.